Ensuring Security and Stability: Q1.6's Robust Kubernetes Platform

Q1.6 is a scale-up based in Antwerp, Belgium, pioneering a micro-messaging platform for remote patient monitoring and clinical trials. The company has made significant strides in the health industry, serving hospitals, medical device companies, and pharmaceutical companies. Q1.6 revolutionizes patient care questionnaires by transforming them into quick, easy questions delivered at opportune moments throughout the day via smartphones. Their objective is to simplify communication with patients, making it seamless and non-intrusive.

"Our goal? To ensure our customers that our software is always operational, with stringent measures in place for data privacy, compliance, and security." – Frans Vanhaelenwijck, CEO Q1.6

 

The Challenge

Q1.6's software had become a crucial component of their clients' business processes, necessitating a focus on system availability, data protection, security, and compliance. The imperative to innovate rapidly and transition to a cloud-native application architecture to manage security risks led them to Conectica. Together, we established a stable and secure cloud environment that aligned with their ambitions.

Conectica implemented a solution utilizing Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services, designed to meet stringent security requirements and maintain continuous operation. This enables Q1.6 to scale up, orchestrate all their containers, and create a unified view of their entire cloud platform and services.

 

Why Conectica

Q1.6 turned to Conectica due to their lack of in-house knowledge and resources regarding cloud architecture and infrastructure. They sought a reliable and pragmatic partner capable of not only building and monitoring a scalable Kubernetes platform for their software offering but also providing guidance and advice to their team.

"When we started 7 years ago, we lacked expertise in cloud technology and infrastructure within our team. So, we sought out a dependable partner, which we found in Conectica." – Bob Van Looveren, CTO Q1.6

Through a DevOps-as-a-service collaboration, Conectica manages the Kubernetes platform and guides the development team, allowing Q1.6 to focus on their core objectives while ensuring a robust foundation of data compliance and security.

 

The results

A job well done:

• Unified infrastructure overview
• Processing vital metrics and actionable insights on a larger scale
• Stable and secure cloud platform
• Increased focus on data monitoring and maintenance in the cloud
• Foundation for accelerated growth and development